Flock police in hong kong fire several rounds of tear gas at activists trying to enforce a general strike by disrupting transport networks. Police say 22 people are risking their lives by refusing to leave homes which will be deluged if a failing dam in derbyshire collapses. England cricket fans anticipate a nerve racking day as their batsmen looked to save the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. 20 hospitals in england stand to benefit from a pledge by the Prime Minister to pay for repairs and upgrades. Boris johnson has promised £850 million to help with upgrades to outdated facilities and to pay for new equipment. The money has been earmarked for 20 hospitals, including a new women and Childrens Hospital in cornwall, four new wards in norwich and a new critical and intensive care block in luton. The funding pledge comes during a week of Health Policy announcements by the government and is part of the pms £1. 8 billion one off cash boost for n
We start with the cost of borrowing, because the worlds most powerful central bank, the us Federal Reserve, has cut Interest Rates for the First Time Since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. The move disappointed financial markets, not to mention President Trump. They wanted a bigger cut or at least a clear signal that more cuts will come. But the move is part of a global trend of falling borrowing costs from europe to asia to south america as the Economic Outlook grows more uncertain. Lets show you the details. The fed cut its main Interest Rate by 0. 25 to a range of 2 2. 25 . Chairman Jerome Powell citing signs of a global slowdown. Last week European Central bank chief mario draghi made it clear it they are going the same way with markets expecting a rate cut in september along with more stimulus measures. Today its the turn of the bank of england. Its not expected to cut today, but markets are betting it will do so by december, amid rising risks of a no deal brexit. It w
In the yorkshire dales, the army is helping with the clean up after several roads and bridges collapsed. An explosion in the number of older children going into care over the last five years is stretching resources and leaving kids more vulnerable thats the warning from the Childrens Commissioner. Well be speaking to her about that warning, as well as two people with direct experience of the care system. One man was moved between over 20 Foster Carers and 20 social workers. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Feel free to get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victorialive. And if youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you, maybe youd like to take part in the Programme Please do include your phone number in your message. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. First, its over to rebecca who has the news. Thank you, good morning and good morning to you. Female students, who use University Counselling s
About workers, Government Workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. Instead this deal pushes the can down the road for a couple of weeks they have passed a Stopgap Resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. At which point, the clock resets and we start again. What it does, as you say, is fund the government, what it doesnt do, is provide aid to ukraine, and it doesnt address the keyissue ukraine, and it doesnt address the key issue for republican, which is addressing concerns they have about the border, and so i think that is the border, and so i think that is the debate, that is where it shifts to next but complicating all of this, ben, is the fact that now, you have the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, whose position, Leadership Role is under threat because one of the hard liners in the republican party, his own party, has threatened to try and have him removed from position. So, the talks, next time round, could be even more fractious than w
M u. ; awrzf 7 , w w and sarah has the weather. It is another cloudy day today and things are going to turn increasingly wet and windy from the west. Ill bring you all the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story there were nearly 43,000 hospital operations to remove teeth in children and teenagers in england last year, equating to 170 a day. The British Dental Association says england provides a second Class Service compared to scotland and wales, and has accused government ministers of adopting a short sighted approach to a growing crisis around tooth decay. 0ur Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Tooth decay in children is distressing, painful and avoidable. Dentists say sugary snacks and drinks are the biggest cause. British children drink more soft drinks than anywhere else in europe and the number of multiple extractions, which have to take place in hospital under a general anaesthetic, is continuing to grow. Figures compiled by the local Governme